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Boston by Foot
87 Mount Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02108
617-367-2345
http://www.bostonbyfoot.org/
[Details/Reserve]
Boston By Foot has presented walking tours of Boston since 1976. Dedicated to promoting public awareness and appreciation of Boston's rich history and architectural heritage, their guided tours and programs are conducted by a dedicated corps of over 200 volunteer tour guides. Check their website for a list of available tours, most of which take 90 minutes.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Tours
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
This Community Pass provides free admission for up to (6)six people on Boston By Foot's walking tours.
Once you've reserved this pass, you will need to enter the promo code which you will use to reserve your spot in a Boston By Foot tour.
Pass not valid for booking on the private tour calendar, water-based tours, or the annual celebration tours (Beacon Hill with a BOO! and Footloose on the Freedom Trail).
Please consult the website at Boston by Foot for tour details; pre-registration is required for all tours.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
A museum since the 1970s, the Coggeshall Farm Museum is a restored 1790s salt marsh farm in Bristol, Rhode Island. The museum is an interactive experience, a functioning farm complete with reenactments. It boasts animals native to the farm's heyday, such as dunghill fowl (chickens of no particular breed), heritage breed black pigs, and Gulf Coast Native sheep. Outbuildings include a barn, a wood shop, a forge, and the Cheese House. Also onsite are gardens and orchards. Check the website for hours. The terrain at Coggeshall Farm is uneven and may prove inaccessible to many.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
50% off standard daytime admission for one party of up to four (4) individuals.
Passes are valid only for standard daytime admission.
Special events, programs or performances that require a separate ticket are not eligible.
Cannot be combined with other offers.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
Hours are Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, unless otherwise noted.
Visit www.coggeshallfarm.org before you visit for the most up-to-date rates, safety policies and hours of operation.
2025 Season
July 1 – September 30
OPEN Saturdays and Sundays for Standard Daytime Admission with demonstrations and costumed staff
October
OPEN for standard daytime admission October 4 and 11
OPEN for A Coggeshall Halloween October 18 & 19, 25 & 26 (time TBD)
November
OPEN on Saturdays for standard daytime admission with demonstrations and costumed staff
OPEN on Sundays for self-guided visits.
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-1638
https://hmsc.harvard.edu/
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The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture is a partnership of museums on the Harvard University Cambridge campus dedicated to the natural world, science, and human cultures. They include the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the Harvard Museum of Natural History (comprised of the Harvard University Herbaria, Mineralogical and Geological Museum, and Museum of Comparative Zoology), the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, all located between Oxford St./Divinity Ave area. Of particular note are the famous glass flowers, models commissioned by Harvard in 1886 to aid in the teaching of botany (and made in Germany over the course of more than eight decades), on display in the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature, Science
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
Open 7 days a week. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmastime from December 21-25 and New Year's Day.
Redeem library coupon pass at the Harvard Museum of Natural History or the Peabody admission desks to receive 50% off regular museum admission rates.
Pass includes access to all four HMSC museums: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
General admission gives access to all exhibits including the Glass Flowers Gallery. The Natural History museum is connected to the Peabody Museum and admission to one museum admits you to both during regular hours.
Limit of four visitors per coupon.
One member of party must be a MA resident.
Not for group, institutional, or corporate visits.
May not be combined with other offers.
Non transferable.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
617-267-9300
http://www.mfa.org/
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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in existence since July 4, 1876, is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world, with a collection of almost 500,000 works of art, ranging from ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary painting, sculpture and video. In addition, there are always special exhibitions on view, opportunities to take advantage of educational programs—some right in the galleries—and a contemplative Japanese garden.
Categories: Art, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Each promo code use provides up to two (2) adults and four (4) youths (7-17) with $10 admission (general and special exhibition) per person.
Tickets to the MFA are always free for visitors under seven (7) years old.
Hours of Operation
The Museum is open Wednesday–Monday, 10 am–5 pm, with evening hours until 10 pm on Thursday and Friday.
Closed on Tuesdays. Closed New Year's Day, Patriot's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Promo code may be used on site to reserve same-day tickets, but patrons must present the email confirmation from the library with the code in order to receive the discount.
Everyone is encouraged to reserve tickets in advance as it allows for easier admission into the Museum upon arrival.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
The Museum of Science in Boston is located on a piece of land that extends the width of the Charles River, connecting Boston and Cambridge. Dedicated to promoting and educating visitors about science and technology, the museum includes a planetarium, the world's largest open-air Van de Graaff generator, an IMAX theatre, a butterfly garden, and permanent and changing exhibits on birds, insects and animals; space; dinosaurs; engineering; nanotechnology; math; biology; and more.
Categories: Children, Family, History, Nature, Science, Technology, Sky
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Open 7 days a week. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
This pass will admit up to 4 people at a 50% discount on tickets to the Museum’s Exhibit Halls. Children under 3 are not included in the count of 4 and are always admitted for free. You do not need to call ahead to reserve a timed ticket. If you have questions or prefer to reserve in advance, you can call 617-723-2500 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily).
Our membership with the Museum of Science was made possible by the Easton Lions Club.
1. Your pass can only be used on the date printed on the pass.
2. Please bring your library pass confirmation when you visit.
3. Stop at the Box Office when you arrive at the Museum to exchange your library pass and purchase your Exhibit Hall passes at the discounted rate.
4. If you are not able to show your Library confirmation on a phone, please request a paper copy of your confirmation at the library.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740
508-997-0046
https://www.whalingmuseum.org/
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Opened in 1907, the New Bedford Whaling Museum is focused on the history and culture of the whaling industry as practiced internationally and in the “Old Dartmouth” region of Massachusetts. Over the years, the museum has grown as it absorbed other institutions with similar mandates. The collections boast over 750,000 items which fall into a broad range of categories—fine and decorative art, folk art, photography, domestic artifacts, artifacts that represent the history of technology and industry, books, manuscripts, maps and charts, ethnographic materials, clothing and textiles, and extensive personal, business, and financial records. Highlights include half-scale models of the whaling ship Lagoda and an Azorean whaleboat; five skeletons of various types of whales, including that of a pregnant mother; and art by major American artists such as Albert Bierstadt and Albert Pinkham Ryder. The museum's holdings also include the world's largest collections of scrimshaw and whaling ship logbooks. The Whaling Museum entrance and galleries are accessible to people using wheelchairs and walking aids. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the first floor.
Categories: Art, Children, Family, History, Nature, Ocean
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
50% regular admission for up to four (4) individuals
Pass must be returned to the library on the day of use, or before the library opens the next business day
There is a $5.00 per day late fee.
Patriots Hall of Fame
One Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA 02035
508-698-4800
https://www.patriotshalloffame.com/
[Details/Reserve]
The Patriots Hall of Fame is an interactive museum located next to Gillette Stadium and the home of the New England Patriots. The Hall's ten galleries tell the story of the team through interactive exhibits, video, and historic artifacts. A feature is the film Patriots Way, which plays on a 45-foot wide panoramic screen in a 150-seat theatre. A shop selling exclusive Patriots merchandise is on the premises.
Categories: Family, History, Sports
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass provides complimentary Hall admission for 2 people; 15% discount at Proshop; 20% discount on Hall special ticketed events.
Please check the Patriots Hall of Fame website at https://www.patriotshalloffame.com/ for any schedule changes prior to booking your library pass.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970-3783
978-745-9500
http://www.pem.org/
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The Peabody Essex Museum grew out of the collection of East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains whose charter called for acquisition of “natural and artificial curiosities.” Its permanent collection contains art and artifacts of Africa, Asia, India, China (with a Qing Dynasty house brought from the Huizhou region), Japan, Korea, Pacific Islands, and features objects of maritime art and history that include paintings, drawings, ship models, marine decorative arts, tools, weapons, navigational instruments, and ship and yacht plans. It also has a thriving changing exhibition schedule that sometimes includes important traveling shows.
Categories: Art, Family, History, Ocean
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Each pass entitles up to two (2) patrons to general museum admission at a reduced price of $12.00 per person.
Youth 16 and under receive free admission.
Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square, Salem, MA 01970
978-744-1692
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
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Based on actual trial documents and using life-size stage sets with figures, lighting, and narration, the museum's principle exhibit examines the 1692 Salem witch trials. In a second exhibit, “Witches: Evolving Perceptions,” guides take you through changing interpretations of witches, the truth behind the stereotypes, witchcraft practice today, and witch hunting. A gift shop is on the premises.
Categories: Children, Family, History
Pass Type: Circulating Pass (must be picked up and returned to the branch)
Pass Benefits
Pass is not valid in October.
Upon arrival at the museum, the patron can purchase up to six tickets at a discounted rate.
2025 Rates are: Adults/Seniors $13.50; Children ages 3-14 years $11.25.
Open year round from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Open July and August from 10:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Museum is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, the museum closes at 3 pm.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main Street, Sandwich, MA 02563
508-888-0251
https://sandwichglassmuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The Sandwich Glass Museum is dedicated to the history of the town in which it is located, with a special emphasis on the glass that made it famous in the 19th century. Thirteen galleries display their collection of old and modern examples of glass objects, including roughly 6,000 pieces produced at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company in the 1800s on the site where the museum sits today. In addition, the museum hosts live demonstrations of glass-blowing. There is a gift store on the premises, which includes work by local glass-blowers.
Categories: Children, Family, History
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Complimentary admission for up to 4 persons.
Glass blowing demonstrations hourly on the hour.
Last admission into the Museum is 30 minutes prior to closing time.
The Glass Experience is not included with the library pass.
Hours of Operation
January Closed
February and March Open Wednesday – Sunday
April - December Open daily
Open on Washington's Birthday and the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
The Trustees of the Reservations preserve and protect more than 100 special properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value—nearly 25,000 acres—all around Massachusetts. From Crane's Beach in Ipswich and World's End in Hingham to The Old Manse in Concord and Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, visitors to Trustees sites enjoy local history and nature in its various forms: beaches, meadows, forests, swamps and more.
Categories: Family, History, Nature, Recreation
Pass Type: Coupon Pass (must be picked up from the branch, but does not require returning)
Pass Benefits
The pass will grant 2 adults and children under 18 free admission to the Trustee property.
The pass is NOT valid at parking kiosks or special events.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.
USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 22, Charlestown, MA 02129
617-426-1812
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/
[Details/Reserve]
The museum, a part of the Boston National Historical Park, is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard near the ship USS Constitution (“Old Ironsides”) at the end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The museum provides a detailed look at the history of the ship, information about the war of 1812, and the battle between the ship and HMS Java. Stories are told through interactive exhibits, unique artifacts, archival records, and artwork. The museum also includes a research library which houses a strong collection of manuscripts, books, artifacts, and microfilm of primary source material. The ship itself is maintained by the US Navy, and may be visited free of charge on certain days.
Categories: Art, Family, History, Ocean
Pass Type: Printable/Digital Coupon Pass (link delivered by email)
Pass Benefits
Pass holders will receive free admission to the museum.
One pass allows free admission for up to 9 people per day. One pass per party, please.
2025 Museum Hours:
From April 01 to October 31, Open daily from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm.
From November 01 to March 31, Open daily from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking.